About This Role
This role involves managing electrical construction projects for transmission and distribution systems across British Columbia, focusing on substations and transmission lines up to 500kV. The position supports the Project Manager in planning, constructability reviews, and monitoring construction progress, and requires travel to various project sites.
Responsibilities
- Support the Project Manager with project planning deliverables such as Outage Staging, Construction Management, and Constructability Reviews
- Review preliminary design drawings for constructability purposes to support Engineering, including identification and mitigation of construction risks
- Monitor and track construction progress, prepare progress reports, identifying and alerting the Project Manager of any delays as needed
- Track and review any contemplated changes during construction
- Work with the Project Manager to evaluate, negotiate, quantify and approve claims
- Facilitate construction management meetings between Contractors, the Owner, Engineering, and other key stakeholders
- Coordinate design and construction interfaces with other subcontractors, including completion and handover process, inspections, deficiency lists, handover documentation
- Responsible for construction coordination and staging between various Contractors during construction
- Ensure construction drawings are updated and returned to engineering prior to closing contracts
- Review and advise on proposal and tender documents
- Support the procurement process as needed
- Act as Site Safety Coordinator as needed, develop a safe work culture at site
- Report any Safety or Environmental incidents in management systems; inform key stakeholders and work with the Owner and Contractor(s) on remediation plans
Requirements
- 5-10 years' experience as a Construction Manager or Construction Manager (as a Contractor or an Owner's Representative) on medium to large scale substation or transmission line projects
- Experience working in brownfield substations near live high voltage equipment
- Expert knowledge of materials, means and methods involved in the construction of electrical substations and transmission lines
- Expert knowledge in construction safety standards with ability to drive safety culture
- Strong understanding of risk management and flexible approach to find solutions where options are limited, and time is critical
- Advanced ability to engage the team and drive performance with a demonstrated track record of successfully working within multidiscipline teams
- Proficiency in reading and interpreting contract requirements, including contractor/client negotiations
- Advanced communication skills (written and verbal) and the ability to maintain a professional and effective working relationship with the Project Owner, Project Manager, and key stakeholders
